Apparatus for drying barrels



(No Model.)

f A 4E. & B.. HOLMES.

" Apparatus for Dryingv Barrels.

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v r A N. PETERS. PMOTOJ ITHHGRAPHER, WASHIIIGYON. D. C.

UNITED STATES yPATENT OFFICE.,

. f EDWARD -H'OLMES AND BRITAIN HOLMES, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

APPARATUS FOR DRYING BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forminglpart of Letters Patent No. 235,531, dated December 14, 1880 Application led April 14, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom timely concern:

Be it known thatfwe, EDWARD HOLMES and BRITAIN HOLMES, both of the city of Buffalo, `in the county of Erie and State of New York, llaveinvented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Barrels. of which the following is a specication, reference being had to the accompanying draw- `ings.

This invention relates to an apparatus for drying barrels or groups of staves set up in the form of barrels by lneans of truss-hoops.

The object of our invention. is to produce a simple apparatus into which the barrels or groups of staves to be dried are readily introduced and from, which they are easily removed, and in which the operation of drying is car` ried on expeditiously and economically.

Our invention consists of a drying apparatus or kiln provided with skids or rails on which the barrels are supported, and suitable doors arranged in the walls of the dryingchamber Opposite the ends of the skids for the introduction and removal of the barrels to and from the dryin g-chamber; suitable heating-pipes arranged in thelower part of the drying-chamber, andone or more openings formed in the upper part oit' the drying-chamber for the escape ot' the vapor; also, in the combination with the skids or rails upon which the barrels are supported, of a rod provided with one or more pawls whereby the barrels can be pushed forward over the skids when necessary 5 also, of the particular construction of said pawls, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of our improved drying apparatus. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section in line .fr qc, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a cross-section in line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an end View, onan enlarged scale, of the movable pawl on the push-rod. Fig. 5 is a side elevation thereof.

Like letters designate like parts in each ot' the figures.

A represents the drying-chamber, built of woodybrick, or other suitable material', and provided at its. ends with doors B B.

Crepresents inclined skids or rails, arranged longitudinally in thedrying-chamber. The

latter is made of any desired length, and of sufficient width to receive barrels ofthe usual length. Y

D represen ts heating pipes or coils, arranged upon the-bottom or elsewhere in the lower portion of the drying-chamber, and supplied with steam or hot air from any convenient source.

E represents one or more openings or outlets, formed in the roof of the drying-chamber for the escape of the vapor rising from the barrels during the operation of drying.

F represents a bar or rod, arranged longitudinally between the side rails or bars Ot' the skids C, and sliding in guide-pieces g secured to the cross-beams c upon which the skids rest.

h represents one or more pawls or dogs, pivoted to the side of the bar or rod F.

When the dog or pawl h is in its normal position its -upper part, above the fulcrum i, leans forward, while the lower part, below the fulcrurn t', is curved backward, and tends, by itsweight, which is greater than that of the upper part of the pawl, to turn the pawl in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 5.

kf is a projecting stop secured to the lower part of the pawl so as to strike against the lower Side of the bar or rod F when the pawl is in the proper position for pushing a barrel forward, as shown in Fig. 5.

As the barrels roll from the higher tothe lower portion of the skid they depress the upper arm of the pawl F and pass over the Same, as shown in the upper skid. (Represented in Fig. l.)

The upper end of the pawl F is preferably providedwith a roller, l, to facilitate the passage of the barrels over the same.

If a barrel should lodge on the skid where it cannot be conveniently reached, the bar F is drawn backward until one of the pawls h engages 'behind the barrel, with the Stop 7c bearing against the under side of the rod F, as shown in the lower' skid of Fig. l. By

pushing the bar F forwardthat is, in the directionin which the skid inclines-a pressure-is applied to the barrel by the pawl, which is rigid in this position, and the barrel is easily dislodged.

The barrels to be dried are introduced into the drying-chamber through the door B, oppo- IOO site the upper ends ofthe skids, and removed therefrom through the door B', opposite the lower ends ofthe skids, in an obvious manner.

Two or lnore drying-chambers, A, may be arranged side b v side, as indicated in the drawings, so that the operation ot' drying van be carried ou in one or more ot' the ehambers while the othel chamber is beine; emptied and refilled.

We claim as our invention- 1. In an apparatus for drying' barrels, the combination, with the drying-ellalulwr A, ot' heating-pipes 1), arranged upon or above the Hoor ofthe drying-chamber, one or more skids, C, arranged in the drying-chamber above the heating-pipes, without any Hoor or other obstruction between the heating-pipes andthe skids, therebtsv permitting a free upward passage for the heated air from heating-pipes through the skids und around the barrels supported thereon, doors B l', arranged in the drying-chamber opposite the ends ot' the skids, and vapor-escape E, substantiull)v as set forth.

2. The combination, with adrying-chamber A and skid C, of the rod F, provided with one or more pawls, h, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the rod F, of the pawl h, pivoted thereto at i, and having its lower weighted arm provided with a stop, k, adapted to engage against the under side of the rod F when the pawl is iu its normal position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In an apparatus for drying barrels, the combination, with a drying-chamber, A, of one or more skids. C, arranged in the dryingchamber above the heating apparatus, doors B B', arranged in the drying-chamber opposite the ends ot' the skids, and mechanism substantially as described, whereby the barrels can be pushed over the skids.

EDWARD HOLMES. BRITAIN HOLMES.

Witnesses:

EDWARD WILHELM, EDW. J. BRADY. 

